James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1823 – 14 October 1890), known as Thorold Rogers, an English economist and Member of Parliament, was born at West Meon, Hampshire. Sir Leslie Matthew Ward ( 21 November 1851 &ndash 15 May 1922) was a British Portrait Artist and Caricaturist Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An economist is an expert in the Social science of Economics. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain ^[1] He deployed historical and statistical methods to analyze some of the key economic and social questions in Victorian England. History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection analysis interpretation or explanation and presentation of Data. Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities As an advocate of free trade and social justice he distinguished himself from some others within the English Historical School. The Historical school of economics was an approach to academic Economics and to public administration that emerged in 19th century in Germany, and held sway there ^[2]

Contents 1 Formative years 2 Political economy 3 Works 4 References

Formative years

Rogers was educated at King's College London and Magdalen Hall, Oxford. King's College London is a British Higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the federal University of London. Magdalen College redirects here see also Magdalene College Cambridge Magdalen College (ˈmɔːdlɨn "maudlin" is one of the constituent After taking a first-class degree in 1846, he received his MA in 1849 from Magdalen and was ordained. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A High Church man, he was curate of St. Paul's in Oxford, and acted voluntarily as assistant curate at Headington from 1854 to 1858, until his views changed and he turned to politics. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common

For some time the classics were the chief field of his activity. He devoted himself to classical and philosophical tuition in Oxford with success, and his publications included an edition of Aristotle's Ethics (in 1865). Aristotle (Greek Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC was a Greek philosopher a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. Rogers was instrumental in obtaining the Clerical Disabilities Relief Act, of which he was the first beneficiary, becoming the first man to legally withdraw from his clerical vows in 1870.

Political economy

Simultaneously with these occupations he had been studying economics. He became the first Tooke Professor of Statistics and Economic Science at King's College London, from 1859 until his death. King's College London is a British Higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the federal University of London. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common During this time he also held the Drummond professorship of political economy at All Souls College, Oxford between 1862 and 1867, when Bonamy Price was elected in his stead. The Drummond Professorship of Political Economy at All Souls College, Oxford has been held by a number of distinguished individuals including several Nobel All Souls College (in full The Warden and College of the Souls of all Faithful People deceased in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges Bonamy Price ( 22 May 1807 - 8 January 1888) was an English Political economist. ^[3][4] In this he became a friend and follower of Richard Cobden, an advocate for free trade, nonintervention in Europe and an end to imperial expansion, whom he met during his first tenure as Drummond professor. Richard Cobden ( June 3, 1804 &ndash April 2, 1865) was a British manufacturer and Radical and Liberal Rogers said of Cobden, "he knew that . . . political economy . . . was, or ought to be, eminently inductive, and that an economist without facts is like an engineer without materials or tools. "^[5] Rogers had a wealth of facts at his disposal: his most influential works were the 6-volume History of Agriculture and Prices in England from 1259 to 1795 and Six Centuries of Work and Wages.

He served as President of the first day of the 1875 Co-operative Congress. The President of Co-operative Congress has been a prominent position in the British co-operative movement. The Co-operative Congress is the a national conference for the UK Co-operative Movement with the first of the modern congresses taking place in 1869 following ^[6] He was Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Southwark 1880-85 and Bermondsey 1885-86. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Southwark was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Southwark district of South London. Bermondsey was a Borough constituency centred on the Bermondsey district of South London. Rogers also lectured in political economy at Worcester College, Oxford in 1883 and was re-elected Drummond professor in 1888. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

Works

• A History of Agriculture and Prices in England from 1259 to 1793 (1866–1902)
• Speeches on questions of public policy by John Bright, M. P. Preface by James E. Thorold Rogers, editor. 2 vols. London: Macmillan and Co. (1868)
• Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vols. (1869); revised edition (1880); on line at Osmania University, Digital Library of India, Internet Archive. Preface by Thorold Rogers pp. v-xxx1x and v. II (1869)
• Speeches on Questions of Public Policy by Richard Cobden, M. P. , Edited by John Bright and James E. Thorold Rogers, London, T. Fisher Unwin (1870). Preface by Thorold Rogers. v. 1 ISBN 1847029159 v. 2 ISBN 1425492231; third ed. (1908) on line at Library of Economics and Liberty
• Cobden and Modern Political Opinion. Essays on certain political topics, London, Macmillan (1873) Questia, on line.
• A Complete Collection of the Protests of the Lords: With Historical Introductions, Vol. 1 1624-1741. Oxford, Clarendon Press; London, Macmillan & Co. (1875) On line. vol. 2. 1741-1825; vol. 3. 1826-1874.
• Public Addresses by John Bright, M.P., ed. James E. Thorold Rogers, Preface by Thorold Rogers, pp. v-xi. 2nd ed., revised. London, Macmillan (1879) On line.
• Six Centuries of Work and Wages: The History of English Labour 2 vols. London, Swan Sonnenschein (1884) ISBN 0415382297 - McMaster. On line.
• The First Nine Years of the Bank of England, London, Macmillan (1887) Google Books, on line.
• The Relations of Economic Science to Social and Political Action. London: Swan Sonnenschein (1888).
• The Economic Interpretation of History London, G. P. Putnam's Sons (1888); T. Fisher Unwin (1909).
• Holland. London, T. Fisher Unwin (1888); New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons (1889) - on line. ^[7]
• The Industrial and Commercial History of England: Lectures Delivered to the University of Oxford, ed. Arthur G. L. Rogers. New York, G. P. Putnam, 1892. Google Books, on line.

References

• W. J. Ashley, "James E. Sir William James Ashley ( 25 February 1860 – 23 July 1927) was an influential English Economic historian, operating Thorold Rogers" Political Science Quarterly (1889) pp. 381-407.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone

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